watchman
英 [ˈwɒtʃmən]
美 [ˈwɑːtʃmən]
n. (夜间)保安员,看守人,警卫员
复数:watchmen
Collins.1 / BNC.16530 / COCA.17150
牛津词典
noun
- (夜间)保安员,看守人,警卫员
a man whose job is to guard a building, for example a bank, an office building or a factory, especially at night
柯林斯词典
- See also:nightwatchman
英英释义
noun
- a guard who keeps watch
双语例句
- The old watchman looked up curiously from his magazine as we went out the gate.
当我们从大门出去时那看门老人好奇地从杂志上抬起头看了看。 - The burglars tied up the night watchman with a piece of cord.
夜盗用一根绳把守夜人捆了起来。 - Didn't the bank have a night watchman?
银行难道没有守夜人吗? - There's a watchman always on duty.
有一个守夜的人,整夜都值更。 - The watchman had heard nothing& yet the building had been robbed.
守卫的人没有听到动静,然而这座楼被盗了。 - Once or twice she looked over her shoulder at me. The night watchman makes his rounds every hour.
有一两次她回头看看我。守夜者每小时巡回一次。 - They had almost reached shore when a watchman spotted them and raced off to spread the news.
就要到岸时,一个巡夜人发现了他们,急忙跑开去报告。 - The watchman was beaten, the mine flooded.
看守人被击倒了,矿井也被注满了水。 - There's an old watchman living there.
那里住着一个老看守人。 - The watchman opened the gate for her.
守夜人给她打开了大门。